#E2CA31#E2CA31

#E2CA31 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.161 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA31
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -6.84, 73.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 73.37, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0272 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.161 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0416, 58.6342, 11.4288)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA31 #3149E2

analogous

#E27231 #E2CA31 #A2E231

triadic

#E2CA31 #31E2CA #CA31E2

tetradic

#E2CA31 #31E272 #3149E2 #E231A2

square

#E2CA31 #31E272 #3149E2 #E231A2

split-complementary

#E2CA31 #31A2E2 #7231E2

monochromatic

#867613 #BBA61A #E2CA31 #EAD867 #F1E69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E2CA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA31

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA31	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.161 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d976',
    500: '#e2ca31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca31;
$custom-light: #f0d976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83468,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA31

secondary

#2B388C

accent

#4FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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